Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Summer 2014

Records to look forward to in the coming months

Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to new music. Four times a year, we round up the biggest albums, singles, EPs, and DVDs sets arriving over the coming months, hopefully inspire you to, y'know, go out and buy records. (Don't you miss that new CD smell?) This installment covers summer 2014.

With different release dates for digital and physical versions of albums, as well as different release dates for different countries, compiling this list was super-tricky. With that in mind, we tried to stick with North American physical release dates as much as possible, with exceptions as noted. Please note that release dates may change in the weeks and/or months leading up to these albums' release.

[__La Roux: Trouble in Paradise (July 22, Cherrytree/Interscope)
__](http://pitchfork.com/news/55449-hyperdub-102-second-10th-anniversary-compilation-featuring-burial-and-dj-rashad-announced/)Over four years after scoring a smash with "Bulletproof", the British synth-pop singer returns with the follow-up to her 2009 eponymous debut, crafted alongside co-producer Ian Sherwin. It features the singles "Let Me Down Gently", "Uptight Downtown", and "Tropical Chancer".

Various Artists: Hyperdub 10.2 (July 22, Hyperdub)
This year, celebrated electronic label Hyperdub will release four compilations in commemoration of its 10th anniversary. Hyperdub 10.2, which follows May’s 10.1, features music from from Burial, the late DJ Rashad, label founder Kode9, Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland, Cooly G, and others, as well as some special guests; Ghostface Killah appears on a Morgan Zarate track, while Dâm-Funk is featured on an Ikonika cut. Read our interview with label head Steve Goodman, aka Kode9.

J____enny Lewis: __The Voyager (July 29, Warner Bros.)
__For her follow-up to 2008's Acid Tongue, the former Rilo Kiley frontwoman recruited the help of Beck (who produced first single "Just One of the Guys"), as well as Ryan Adams and Johnathan Rice, her cohort from 2010's I'm Having Fun Now.

Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty (July 29, SubPop)
Shabazz Palaces have set some high standards for themselves on their follow-up to 2011's great Black Up. Their latest effort, LeseMajesty, is presented as a seven-suite, 18-track-long epic which features contributions from the Seattle rap crew's collaborators in Black Constellation, including THEESatisfaction’s Catherine Harris-White, Erik Blood, and Thadillac.

Spoon: They Want My Soul (August 5, Loma Vista)
Spoon follows up 2010’s Transference with a new album that has them working with outside producers for the very first time. Joe Chiccarelli (Morrissey, My Morning Jacket) started the record, later passing the baton to Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, MGMT, Sparklehorse). They Want My Soul is also the first Spoon album to feature contributions from new member Alex Fischel, who played with frontman Britt Daniel in Divine Fits.

__Merchandise: *After the End *(August 25, 4AD)
__After the End follows last year's Totale Nite, and marks the Florida punks' first release on 4AD. Singer Carson Cox explained in a press release,"[W]e're going to re-make ourselves as a pop band, but it'll still be a twisted reality."

The Bug: Angels & Devils (August 26, Ninja Tune)
The producer’s first album in over six years (his last full-length was 2008’s London Zoo) is divided into two halves: a dubbed-out “Angels” portion and a clattering second half titled “Devils”. It sports a border-crossing list of guests that includes Death Grips, Gonjasufi, Liz Harris (aka Grouper), Godflesh/Jesu's Justin K. Broadrick, Hype Williams' Copeland, Flowdan, Miss Red, Roll Deep's Manga, and Warrior Queen.

__J Mascis: Tied to a Star (August 26, Sub Pop)__Recorded and produced by the Dinosaur Jr. frontman himself, the follow-up to 2011's Several Shades of Why includes the single "Every Morning", plus contributions from Cat Power, Mark Mulcahy, Black Heart Procession's Pall Jenkins, and Ken Maiuri from Young@Heart Chorus.

__The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers (August 26, Matador)
__Brill Bruisers has been described by A.C. Newman as a celebration record. "After periods of difficulty, I am at a place where nothing in my life is dragging me down and the music reflects that," he said in a recent press release. Neko Case and Dan Bejar return as members of the indie supergroup.

The Rentals: Lost in Alphaville __(August 26, Polyvinyl)
__After 15 years, the alt-pop outfit fronted by ex-Weezer bassist Matt Sharp return with a brand new LP. This time around, the band is rounded out by a number of familiar faces, including Black Keys' Patrick Carney (drums), Lucius' Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig (vocals), Ozma's Ryen Slegr (guitar), and the Section Quartet's Lauren Chipman (strings). Lost in Alphaville follows 1999's Seven More Minutes LP, as well as a 2007 EP and the 2009 "Songs About Time" multimedia project.

__Rustie: Green Language (August 26, Warp)
__Scottish producer Rustie returns with the hotly-anticipated follow-up to 2011's Glass Swords LP. According to a press release, the album's name was inspired by "medieval literature, Renaissance magic, and ancient mythology", but Green Language's guest list skews modern; Danny Brown, D Double E, Redinho, and Gorgeous Children are all slated to appear on the new record.

__Death From Above 1979: *The Physical World (*September 9, Last Gang)
__The Physical World is the long-awaited follow up to the Canadian duo's stand-out LP, 2004's You're a Woman, I'm a Machine. It was produced by Dave Sardy (Oasis, Nine Inch Nails), and includes lead single "Cheap Talk", as well as "Right On" and "Virgins". One track on the new album is being described by the band as "Springsteen meets Sonic Youth".__
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Interpol: El Pintor (September 9,Matador)Four years after dropping an eponymous LP, Interpol return with El Pintor: Spanish for "the painter", as well as a clever anagram of the band's name. The album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios and Atomic Sound in New York City with James Brown (Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters), and features the road-tested cuts "Anywhere" and "My Desire", which surfaced earlier this spring.

__Karen____ O: Crush Songs (September 9, Cult)__The self-proclaimed soundtrack to a past "love crusade", Crush Songs is the solo debut from Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O. She recently dug into the aesthetics of the new album via a handwritten note published on her website. Says Karen O: "When I was 27 I crushed a lot. I wasn't sure I'd ever fall in love again. These songs were written + recorded in private around this time." Read our interview with Karen O.

__The Juan MacLean: In a Dream (September 16, DFA)
__A press release describes the latest effort from the Juan MacLean - the duo of John MacLean and former LCD Soundsystem member Nancy Whang - alternately as Whang's "triumph" and "the Nancy Show". In a Dream follows the 2009 album The Future Will Come as well as 2011's odds and ends collection Everybody Get Close.

__Tweedy: Sukierae (September 16, dBpm)
__Like father, like son: for his new solo album Sukierae, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has put together a band (bearing the fitting moniker of Tweedy) featuring his 18 year-old son, Spencer.

Julian Casablancas + the Voidz: Tyranny (September 23,Cult)
The Strokes frontman's sophomore solo effort was recorded alongside his band the Voidz, and takes its inspiration from what he refers to as the "tyranny" of the music industry. They played some new material during SXSW, including "2231", "Biz Dog", "The Phantom of Liberty (Arabic Jam)", and "Dr. Acula".

__Caribou: Our Love (October 7, Merge)
__On his latest album as Caribou, Dan Snaith collaborates with Jessy Lanza and Owen Pallett, the latter of whom Snaith recently collaborated with under his Daphni moniker. It includes the jam "Can't Do Without You".

__Zola Jesus: Taiga (October 7, Mute)
__According to Zola Jesus (née Nika Roza Danilova), the follow-up to 2011's excellent Conatus represents "represents a feral, untapped world that could happily exist without us". It features the stellar single "Dangerous Days".